David Huish
Personal information
Full name
David Huish
Born
23 April 1944 (1944-04-23) (age 66)
North Berwick, Scotland
Height
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Nationality
Scotland
Residence
North Berwick, Scotland
Career
Turned professional
1959
Retired
2009
Former tour(s)
European Tour
European Seniors Tour
Professional wins
16
Number of wins by tour
European Seniors Tour
5
Other
11
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament
DNP
U.S. Open
DNP
The Open Championship
T21: 1976
PGA Championship
DNP
David Huish (born 23 April 1944) is a Scottish professional golfer, perhaps best known for being the halfway leader of The Open Championship in 1975.
Contents
1 Personal life
2 Career
3 Professional wins (16)
3.1 Regular wins (11)
3.2 European Seniors Tour wins (5)
4 Results in major championships
5 References
6 External links
//
Personal life
Huish (pronounced "hush") was born in North Berwick, Scotland. He married his second wife Diane in 1989 with whom he had a son, Oliver, in 1990. He also has two children from a previous marriage, Susan (b.1967) and Martyn (1969).
Career
Huish turned professional in 1959, with his first job being as an assistant at Gullane. He took up his first head professional position at Hamilton Golf Club in 1965. Two years later later returned to his home town to take up the same role at North Berwick Golf Club, where he remained until his retirement in 2009.[1] He was succeeded by his son, Martyn.
As a club professional, Huish never followed a full time tournament career. Although he was regarded as a competent tournament player, it was not until The Open Championship in 1975 that he came to the attention of a wider audience. After qualifying for the championship in a seven man play=off, he shot rounds of 67 and 69 at Carnoustie to lead by two strokes over Tom Watson, Peter Oosterhuis and Bernard Gallacher at the halfway mark. However, he fell away over the weekend and ultimately finished 13 shots off the pace, in a tie for 32nd place.[2] His best finish in the Open came the following year at Birkdale, when he tied for 21st place.
While Huish never won a top flight tour event, he did win many other tournaments, including the Scottish Uniroyal in 1971, and the Northern Open on four occasions. After turning 50, he joined the European Seniors Tour, where he enjoyed some success, claiming five victories, four of them in play=offs, with the last coming in 2001 when he won, again in a play-off, at the Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open in Switzerland.
Huish later become a very significant and respected figure on the inside of professional golf, serving as the PGA Captain, a PGA Board Member and Ryder Cup Committee Member, a position he held longer than anyone else. In recognition of his achievements in the game, Huish received the Special Award at the Seniors Tour annual awards dinner in 2004 for services to golf.
Professional wins (16)
Regular wins (11)
1965 Scottish Assistants Championship
1971 Scottish Uniroyal
1973 Northern Open
1975 PGA Club Professionals Championship, Scottish Professional Championship
1977 PGA Club Professionals Championship
1980 Northern Open
1984 Northern Open
1985 Sunderland of Scotland Masters
1986 PGA Club Professionals Championship
1988 Northern Open
European Seniors Tour wins (5)
1996 Ryder Collingtree Seniors Classic
1998 Scottish Seniors Open
2000 Lawrence Batley Seniors, Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open
2001 Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open
Results in major championships
Tournament
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
The Masters
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
U.S. Open
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
The Open Championship
T31
CUT
DNP
DNP
CUT
T56
DNP
T32
T21
CUT
PGA Championship
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1969)
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
References
^ "Retirement beckons for Huish, club pro who led in '75". The Scotsman. 21 April 2009. http://sport.scotsman.com/sport/Retirement-beckons-for-Huish-club.5187914.jp. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
^ "1975 Open became hell, but I've got no regrets, recounts David Huish". The Scotsman. 16 April 2009. http://sport.scotsman.com/sport/Golf-1975-Open-became-hell.5175731.jp. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
External links
Profile on the European Tour's official site
Persondata
Name
Huish, David
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth
23 April 1944
Place of birth
North Berwick, Scotland
Date of death
Place of death